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the u.s. navy, in state government in massachusetts, in the u.s. senate, and now in his newest role as our nation's top diplomat. ofamerica's newest secretary state. we are honored and privileged to welcome him to charlottesville. please welcome the u.s. representative for virginia's fifth congressional district, robert hurt. [applause] >> thank you, dr. sullivan. i thank each of you for being here. it's a great honor. thank you, dr. sullivan, for your leadership at the university of virginia for hosting this important occasion and giving in honor of being. it's an honor to be here with my friend, senator tim kaine. in addition to being the first secretary of state, we also know that thomas jefferson was the author of our founding document, the declaration of independence, where our founders at that time pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor and for the prospect of independence. we know that the independents and yearning for independence was rooted in the inalienable righ
the u.s. navy, in state government in massachusetts, in the u.s. senate, and now in his newest role as our nation's top diplomat. ofamerica's newest secretary state. we are honored and privileged to welcome him to charlottesville. please welcome the u.s. representative for virginia's fifth congressional district, robert hurt. [applause] >> thank you, dr. sullivan. i thank each of you for being here. it's a great honor. thank you, dr. sullivan, for your leadership at the university of...
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the markets in the u.s. appear to be broken. that is most likely due to a combination of market failures and government failures. that is one crosscutting example. a more specific example in terms of the importance of market dynamics is to consider what is likely to happen popular if the stick it is turned off or the flow is constricted. what goes into that? what fills that, what arises, what new products a rise to meet the demand that has always been there? i think the current state of research on what would fill that vacuum would be better or worse than what we have now, and i do not think there is a strong case for believing simply restricting the flow will make people better off. >> it is an interesting point. i want to bring in donna to the conversation, from the perspective of a financial service provider. how do you see financial providers can start the need for small loans, or provide better information so consumers can make informed decisions? how does that look from your vantage point? >> speaking from my own instituti
the markets in the u.s. appear to be broken. that is most likely due to a combination of market failures and government failures. that is one crosscutting example. a more specific example in terms of the importance of market dynamics is to consider what is likely to happen popular if the stick it is turned off or the flow is constricted. what goes into that? what fills that, what arises, what new products a rise to meet the demand that has always been there? i think the current state of...
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guest: the u.s. government is allegedly behind the seven attack in iran that destroyed several thousand nuclear centrifuges a year -- centrifuges a couple years ago. we spy on other governments. we spy on other countries create but we are not using the nsa to spy on chinese businesses. other countries are going to look at our astronauts. -- at our espionage. >> from twitter -- and this op-ed from the commentary section. a smack down on china's side for thieves. he also points out that this is not the first time that china has been caught doing this, going back to early in the last decade. an investigation revealed that -- guest: that is what we were talking about. if you have been paying attention dissever security, you have been watching this go on for the last decade or more. companies that were working on the f35 program, and then last fall we saw something produced in china that looked an awful lot like an f35. you cannot directly to be that to the hacking of the program. it just looks like it. h
guest: the u.s. government is allegedly behind the seven attack in iran that destroyed several thousand nuclear centrifuges a year -- centrifuges a couple years ago. we spy on other governments. we spy on other countries create but we are not using the nsa to spy on chinese businesses. other countries are going to look at our astronauts. -- at our espionage. >> from twitter -- and this op-ed from the commentary section. a smack down on china's side for thieves. he also points out that...
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about 80% of americans believe that u.s.-japan relationships is the most important foundational relationship in asia. it is emblematic of how a important we give this relationship. in his tenure and president obama's second term, we are delighted to have him here. please welcome him with your applause, prime minister abe. [applause] >> thank you for your warm introduction. thank you, ambassador. thank you, governor. thank you, doctor green. and thank you all for joining me today. last year, we updated a paper about japan. they asked if japan would end up becoming that nation. here is my answer to you. japan is not and will never be a tier two country. that is the core message i am here to make. i am back. [laughter] [applause] thank you. and so shall japan be. that is what i wanted to say. i could stop here and take questions for the next 50 minutes. i know, however, that society has started to look anxious. bear with me for another 20 minutes. the time i have spent, five years, since being prime minister. first and foremost
about 80% of americans believe that u.s.-japan relationships is the most important foundational relationship in asia. it is emblematic of how a important we give this relationship. in his tenure and president obama's second term, we are delighted to have him here. please welcome him with your applause, prime minister abe. [applause] >> thank you for your warm introduction. thank you, ambassador. thank you, governor. thank you, doctor green. and thank you all for joining me today. last...
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the u.s. consulate in benghazi that resulted in the death of four americans. one week ago today, this committee heard from senator chuck hegel -- hagel to be the next defense secretary. the center of south carolina said he would put a hold on former senator hagel's nomination unless leon panetta agreed to testify. this is the first of two harris we will show you today. this and later this afternoon, the confirmation hearing for cia director nominee, john brennan, currently the counter-terrorism chief. >> good morning, everybody. we welcome secretary of defense leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey to testify about the department of defense's response to the deadly terrorist attack on the u.s. temporary mission facility in benghazi, libya on september 11 and all of last year. the findings of its review following that attack, including lessons learned. i want to remind colleagues that we will receive testimony next tuesday morning the doved d.o.d. rele
the u.s. consulate in benghazi that resulted in the death of four americans. one week ago today, this committee heard from senator chuck hegel -- hagel to be the next defense secretary. the center of south carolina said he would put a hold on former senator hagel's nomination unless leon panetta agreed to testify. this is the first of two harris we will show you today. this and later this afternoon, the confirmation hearing for cia director nominee, john brennan, currently the counter-terrorism...
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in the u.s. today. >> jack welsh once said the ideal situation for multinational is you put your factory on a barge and move around the world to whatever location has the best set of competitive operating environment at the time. that model went too far. you, yourself, in a speech suggested that the outsourcing trend have gone too far. one of the trends people are talking about is the re-shoring. businesses are coming back to america. we have a lot of anecdotes. it is hard to tell whether the trend has changed. what have you seen? has ge made a decision that went too far in that direction? >> i do not think about it in terms of off-shoring re-shoring. i think of it in terms of competitiveness. there are two different things. one is globalization. globalization is where you go try to sell your product to people who are buying them. that means you get to add capability to the company. i was in four countries in africa. each could be $1 billion in the near future. you may have 70% of the content in
in the u.s. today. >> jack welsh once said the ideal situation for multinational is you put your factory on a barge and move around the world to whatever location has the best set of competitive operating environment at the time. that model went too far. you, yourself, in a speech suggested that the outsourcing trend have gone too far. one of the trends people are talking about is the re-shoring. businesses are coming back to america. we have a lot of anecdotes. it is hard to tell whether...
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the u.s. trade deficit, especially with countries like china. today, they happened to release a report that looked at the effect of currency manipulation, perhaps the single most important factor and explain the growth of our trade deficit. eliminating the trade deficit or eliminating currency manipulation could reduce the trade as a by roughly $190-$490 billion. doing this would increase manufacturing employment by up to 1 million jobs. that's a big downpayments in the whole we have created in manufacturing and employment. one thing we need to do is create demand. that is what we did do but we did not do that in the last decade. we need to shift the demand to domestic produced goods resulting in the hiring of domestic workers. manufacturing jobs are amongst the best for workers especially for those without a college degree. high wages, good benefits. >> bruce, you worked in washington, d.c., and brookings is right off dupont. >> i am mostly on a plane. >> industrial policy is a dirty word. if
the u.s. trade deficit, especially with countries like china. today, they happened to release a report that looked at the effect of currency manipulation, perhaps the single most important factor and explain the growth of our trade deficit. eliminating the trade deficit or eliminating currency manipulation could reduce the trade as a by roughly $190-$490 billion. doing this would increase manufacturing employment by up to 1 million jobs. that's a big downpayments in the whole we have created in...
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we would work with u.s. visa and immigrations and customs enforcement to determine if they left on time. that's the biographic effort. >> how would we have 40% of the people in the country illegally who have -- whose visas have expired? why haven't we been eable to do that? >> i think this is an acknowledged area where we need to improve and we have been improving over the last several years. >> and that's exactly my point. some of the -- and you know this. some of the 9/11 terrorists overstaid their visas. in fact, one of the 9/11 terrorists was granted amnesty in 1986. we said he was an agricultural worker and was granted amnesty and later was one of the master minds to that. now there's a new proposal to grant a pathway to citizenship to millions who have crossed the border illegally or who have overstayed a visa. i believe that this will only encourage millions more now to come here through our open borders. basically, what this proposal is telling anyone who is here on a video is a right now, you can th
we would work with u.s. visa and immigrations and customs enforcement to determine if they left on time. that's the biographic effort. >> how would we have 40% of the people in the country illegally who have -- whose visas have expired? why haven't we been eable to do that? >> i think this is an acknowledged area where we need to improve and we have been improving over the last several years. >> and that's exactly my point. some of the -- and you know this. some of the 9/11...
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they have been passed and sat here in the u.s. senate with no action and we have suggestions by the president, suggestions by our friends on the other side of the aisle, but they can't be scored suggestions by the president, suggestions by our have any idea what c.b.o. would think about those. let me just say this. there's a lot of revisionist history when it comes to this period that i participated in as a member of the house of representatives, where we actually had budget surpluses on the federal level. you would think for the chair's opening statement that president clinton came into office in 1993, proposed balanced budgets, got those balanced budgets and we had eight years of relative fiscal since in the federal government. the fact is, is it not, that president clinton in 1993, 1994 and 1995, proposed in all of those years deficit spending as far as the eye can see, is that correct? >> i think that's right, but my recollection of those budgets -- >> that's my recollection. 1995 budget proposed by president clinton, who take
they have been passed and sat here in the u.s. senate with no action and we have suggestions by the president, suggestions by our friends on the other side of the aisle, but they can't be scored suggestions by the president, suggestions by our have any idea what c.b.o. would think about those. let me just say this. there's a lot of revisionist history when it comes to this period that i participated in as a member of the house of representatives, where we actually had budget surpluses on the...
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u.s.-bound northwest airlines flight on christmas day, 2009. british intelligence authorities had notified their u.s. counterparts of a, quote, meeting with al qaeda cleric in yemen. and farooq's father had warned of his son's increasing extremism to c.i.a. officials at the u.s. embassy in nigeria. however, farooq was never added to the u.s. no-fly list, nor was his u.s. visa revoked. but for, as i understand it, him sweating too much around his poss tear year -- posterior that helped defuse the bomb and the work of heroic passengers to stop him once he tried, the crew was -- the passengers were safe, but it was certainly no thanks to the obama administration or mr. brennan. back to the article. patrick says, following this stunning and nearly fatal intelligence failure, which prompted members of both the house and senate intelligence oversight committees to call for his resignation, brennan lashed out at the obama administration's critics. in "usa today" editorial, he claimed that the quo
u.s.-bound northwest airlines flight on christmas day, 2009. british intelligence authorities had notified their u.s. counterparts of a, quote, meeting with al qaeda cleric in yemen. and farooq's father had warned of his son's increasing extremism to c.i.a. officials at the u.s. embassy in nigeria. however, farooq was never added to the u.s. no-fly list, nor was his u.s. visa revoked. but for, as i understand it, him sweating too much around his poss tear year -- posterior that helped defuse...
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starting with the u.s. chamber of commerce as well as the afl-cio and the service employees international union. >> what issues are same-sex partners hoping to be included in an immigration bill? >> essentially they're hoping to be treated the same as straight couples. essentially if you're a u.s. citizen you could sponsor your partner for a green card. but this is an -- but this isn't afforded to if your partner is of the same-sex. so essentially they want to get that straightened out and fix. it's gotten support from the white house as well as the congressional hispanic caucus. so they definitely have some powerful players in their corner. they felt that they were ignore in the senate reform principles that were put out. so that's going to be a big hurdle for them to clear. >> business leaders have a stake in making changes to visas and guest worker programs. what are they looking for? >> essentially what they're looking for is to remove arbitrary caps on several of these visa programs. a lot of these vis
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this source open in a regional contact defined by the u.s. withdraw. 2008 the u.s. was in a really very strong position. nobody liked us, but they don't like us now either. but our actual power in the region was at an historic high water mark. they were collapsing from iraq to afghanistan. many situations just taking a pass on actively and syria being the number one. the other engagement involvement that we did pursue libya is not to recommend nation. i'm not sure the assad regime is going to lose. the ray nance will help the regime last a lot time. the russians and chinese will defend them internationally if not resupply them and at some point they'll go up, not down. you have a middle east where the u.s. has increased and blocks contending for power. the arabian, steering with great power sponsorship from russia and china in the sunni increasing phalluses part of the region which will maintain some sort of alliance with united case, but not one that will be able to direct as we have up to 2008. so this could turn into some name, a really ugly very rapidly. >> that
this source open in a regional contact defined by the u.s. withdraw. 2008 the u.s. was in a really very strong position. nobody liked us, but they don't like us now either. but our actual power in the region was at an historic high water mark. they were collapsing from iraq to afghanistan. many situations just taking a pass on actively and syria being the number one. the other engagement involvement that we did pursue libya is not to recommend nation. i'm not sure the assad regime is going to...
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if they want u.s. to be the hub of this innovation, a need to do much more to support agricultural development. we'll need serious public and private investment in research and new technologies. despite wasting all of that food, perhaps only 5% i research today those to studying postharvest loss prevention. we cannot invest in r&d and hope that problems will just sell themselves. there are three ways that we can do a better job to fertilize the fields, so to speak. those three leg supporting this tripod of innovation and collaboration and education and regulation. let's start with collaboration. if we have any hope of overcoming the difficulties of distance and drought and disease, we must reject the cyl o stakeholders and build enduring readerships with productivity. let's leave the cylos. that means strengthening relationships between foundations and farm activists. it means requiring that we all come together at all levels. this cannot be a top-down exercise either. it means understanding so we inco
if they want u.s. to be the hub of this innovation, a need to do much more to support agricultural development. we'll need serious public and private investment in research and new technologies. despite wasting all of that food, perhaps only 5% i research today those to studying postharvest loss prevention. we cannot invest in r&d and hope that problems will just sell themselves. there are three ways that we can do a better job to fertilize the fields, so to speak. those three leg...
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the u.s. and the international community, it seems to be another clear implication of what you are saying is that the u.s. takes further steps to support the syrian opposition it would be read as strengthening their view that we are out to get them. >> we are out to get assaad. are we ipso facto out to get adirondacks -- to get iran? are we going to protect the allies, which is something i think we need to do despite the fact that they have a bad record? no one in syria has a sterling record, but it think we need to give them the opportunity to say there is a news syria forming. do they want to be engaged? what is the relationship there? i'm not very optimistic that we could get the iranians on board, but maybe you could find a way to make them increasingly less relevant. do they equate that with a regime change? maybe. we have to be aware of it. i think that's a stretch. i think the iranians could see, what i say is increasing value in the opportunity to talk if they begin to understand that
the u.s. and the international community, it seems to be another clear implication of what you are saying is that the u.s. takes further steps to support the syrian opposition it would be read as strengthening their view that we are out to get them. >> we are out to get assaad. are we ipso facto out to get adirondacks -- to get iran? are we going to protect the allies, which is something i think we need to do despite the fact that they have a bad record? no one in syria has a sterling...
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the u.s. attorney's office, attorney general eric holder, to just in my city alone, the city of houston, to report 15 voter abuse cases. without the preclearance where would we be? or the proposal to eliminate the independent school district board of trustees, over a school district that has worked hard to survive, will be subjected to the preclearance to determine whether not only the students will be denied their right to learn in a school district they love and is fighting for their education, but that elected persons will be denied the right to serve and others denied the right to vote for them. the voting rights act protects all voters. it gives them all the right to vote, one vote one person. shelby county has raised the issue they should not be subjected to preclearance. they are beyond that. the district court, federal court decided in washington, d.c., that they were wrong. that preclearance is constitutional. and we know that well because about -- because when we had the privilege of
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he is a retired u.s. diplomat with a distinguished record, including service in the middle east but also did major global power like russia and india, who are playing very interesting roles in the evolving to thomas e. over iran. welcome. and along with time we have our own kenneth pollack, senior fellow in the center, and ken is finishing a book right now on the challenge of iran, which you will be able to look for in books first later this year. we're happy to have ken with us to provide comments on this topic as well. what we will do is we will have a bit of a conversation up here, and then we will open it up for questions from before. -- from the four. why don't we jumped right in with some of these recent developments. there is not a date set for the next round of international negotiations to be held in a distinguished diplomatic capital. one wonders if that quieter location will allow distance from the glare of the cameras. do you expend much progress -- what you expect from these long- awaited tal
he is a retired u.s. diplomat with a distinguished record, including service in the middle east but also did major global power like russia and india, who are playing very interesting roles in the evolving to thomas e. over iran. welcome. and along with time we have our own kenneth pollack, senior fellow in the center, and ken is finishing a book right now on the challenge of iran, which you will be able to look for in books first later this year. we're happy to have ken with us to provide...
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i have been to afghanistan twice and once i served -- 40 years ago this month i went into the u.s. army and served 13 months in korea. it divided my training in memphis. two years in the military and come back and finish my education there. but we spend $1 million per soldier per year to keep a soldier in afghanistan and i support the president in leaving afghanistan. but that will save a lot of money. your fire and police, i was a mayor. your fire and police are paid for by local dollars and we don't have a state income tax in tennessee, just sales taxes. and that's how we found our local police and fire. host: robert, independent line. caller: good morning. mr. roe, in the first section of the constitution, i think is article 7 or 8 there, it states that the house of representatives will solely, just them, have the obligation to raise taxes when the revenue is needed. and it doesn't say anything about cuts but just raising. you all have an obligation to the citizens of the united states, all of them, not just the wealthy ones and to raise taxes on the people that have the money a
i have been to afghanistan twice and once i served -- 40 years ago this month i went into the u.s. army and served 13 months in korea. it divided my training in memphis. two years in the military and come back and finish my education there. but we spend $1 million per soldier per year to keep a soldier in afghanistan and i support the president in leaving afghanistan. but that will save a lot of money. your fire and police, i was a mayor. your fire and police are paid for by local dollars and...
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the u.s. department of health and human services that if they assume the responsibility for the individual exchange and that includes the web site portalforindividuals, including the tax credits. further, we would say that because utah is doing the business portion of the business , that there's no need to have a federal exchange doing the business. so we have a clear line of demark occasion. we are going to do the business and the federal government will do the individual side of this and see if we cannot, in fact, co-exist peacefully here and provide that to the marketplace. there are details yet to be worked out and putting this together and making sure that we are doing this in an appropriate way. but i was gratified and encouraged, when i met with secretary see bell yuss -- sebelius today, that they will look at it and see if there is something we can agree upon. the phrase she used was, i would like to find a way to get to yes. so i'm cautiously optimistic and have a ways to go and will
the u.s. department of health and human services that if they assume the responsibility for the individual exchange and that includes the web site portalforindividuals, including the tax credits. further, we would say that because utah is doing the business portion of the business , that there's no need to have a federal exchange doing the business. so we have a clear line of demark occasion. we are going to do the business and the federal government will do the individual side of this and see...
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it is no surprise then that the u.s. attorneys are forced to decline to prosecute 25% of gun trafficking cases. this is an outrage. this is a crime. this is causing the loss of lives. the investigation can take longer than the sentence that the traffickers might receive. in the wake of recent tragedies, the voice of the american people has been clear on this issue. they want something done and they want it done now. they want us to do something to address this problem. they want something done that shows some bipartisan cooperation. and as our president said, we came here to do a job. let's have a vote. let's put this bill out on the floor of congress and let's have a vote. if some of my colleagues would like to vote against making trafficking in guns a felony, then let them do it. if some of my colleagues would like to vote against having meaningful penalties for trafficking and buying a -- a straw purchaser buying guns to be given to criminals, then let them do it, but let's have a vote. that's a democracy. i have intr
it is no surprise then that the u.s. attorneys are forced to decline to prosecute 25% of gun trafficking cases. this is an outrage. this is a crime. this is causing the loss of lives. the investigation can take longer than the sentence that the traffickers might receive. in the wake of recent tragedies, the voice of the american people has been clear on this issue. they want something done and they want it done now. they want us to do something to address this problem. they want something done...
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the u.s. house to gavel back in. they should be in shortly to resume debate, to vote on the rule for the re-authorization, the violence against women act. the house will be coming in momentarily. we will have live coverage when they do. elsewhere on capitol hill today, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing looking at proposed legislation in the senate on gun violence. here's part of that hearing from this morning. we cannot allow the carnage that i described to continue without taking action on what is a serious matter of public policy. and that's why i have joined with many of my colleagues, some on this committee, senator schumer, durbin, whitehouse, klobuchar, franken, blumenthal and hirono as well as many others off the committee to introduce legislation to prohibit the sale, transfer, manufacture and importation of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. as the members of this committee know, we enacted a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines which i authored in
the u.s. house to gavel back in. they should be in shortly to resume debate, to vote on the rule for the re-authorization, the violence against women act. the house will be coming in momentarily. we will have live coverage when they do. elsewhere on capitol hill today, the senate judiciary committee held a hearing looking at proposed legislation in the senate on gun violence. here's part of that hearing from this morning. we cannot allow the carnage that i described to continue without taking...
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the u.s. government is a constructive thing to do. >> there are a number of areas in the u.s. government that look at failed and failing state. the undersecretary for political affairs has that responsibility. dns see used to chair and -- the nsc used to chair a committee. how does cso play into this? >> we try to work with everyone that you mentioned. we want to be aggregators of talent and good work that has gone on. for example, something as simple as analytics, we have a metadata analyst in our shop now, but we want him to be an aggregator of aggregators. i keep saying you have to be made silver on steroids -- nate silver on steroids. we cannot run enough staff to review and it turns out the intelligence community loves being called by the state department. they are flattered by it. they want their work respected and called upon. it is not hard. often times, in the military community, there might have been times when the state department has not been as friendly to these other partners as
the u.s. government is a constructive thing to do. >> there are a number of areas in the u.s. government that look at failed and failing state. the undersecretary for political affairs has that responsibility. dns see used to chair and -- the nsc used to chair a committee. how does cso play into this? >> we try to work with everyone that you mentioned. we want to be aggregators of talent and good work that has gone on. for example, something as simple as analytics, we have a...
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speaker, i rise today to acknowledge the u.s. department of justice for finally taking some substantive action against one of the credit rating agencies, standard & poor's, for its role in causing the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. when wall street's housing bubble burst in twain, it sent shock waves through our economy. that shock wave may not have been so destructive as credit rating agencies like standard & poor's did not create fraud. rather than assessing real risk and do diligence on the securities, standard & poor's invented a system of defrauding investors by providing the highest rating as long as the clients paid standard & poor's enough money. if standard & poor's actually rated the mortgage securities for what they were truly worth, our entire banking system and economy may not have collapsed. while the department of justice should be praised for taking some action, other rating agencies were left out of the case. and the fact is justice's case is only a civil one not a criminal one. that tells y
speaker, i rise today to acknowledge the u.s. department of justice for finally taking some substantive action against one of the credit rating agencies, standard & poor's, for its role in causing the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. when wall street's housing bubble burst in twain, it sent shock waves through our economy. that shock wave may not have been so destructive as credit rating agencies like standard & poor's did not create fraud. rather than assessing real...
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nearly 30 years as a u.s. senator. the only committee that he served on from the day he became a senator, until its last day in the center of the foreign relations committee.-- until his last day in tas s as senator ine foreign relations committee. he grew up with a father in the foreign service. it is a family calling. i will count it as a joy but as a bittersweet sadness that my service in the senate, i got to serve with him on the foreign relations committee for one week. [laughter] i am the junior senator on that committee. i sit far out on the wing on that committee.i was together with this chair for one week. it was the first committee vote i cast was to confirm him as the new secretary. senator, you are coming to a place that believes deeply in the values that you share, as robert mentioned. president jefferson strongly believed in the connection of this wonderful exemplary nations to a world community. we have been a global leader. i always like to think about the global leadership that tries to balance militar
nearly 30 years as a u.s. senator. the only committee that he served on from the day he became a senator, until its last day in the center of the foreign relations committee.-- until his last day in tas s as senator ine foreign relations committee. he grew up with a father in the foreign service. it is a family calling. i will count it as a joy but as a bittersweet sadness that my service in the senate, i got to serve with him on the foreign relations committee for one week. [laughter] i am the...
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u.s. your republican colleagues on the committee to join you, buy or -- you have asked your republican colleagues on the committee to join you -- why or why not? [inaudible] >> first of all, i did not ask members to join me because i am not advancing legislation here. it is not like i will call them up to be a co-sponsor, there is nothing here to co-sponsor. in fact i made very clear as we were drafting its that i did not want to have the specific legislation in here. when we first started off my critical minerals bill was in here, which i usually supported, but this is -- if this is really a conversation starter, let's allow it to be just that. there is nothing predetermine, preordained, nothing determined in there. what i wanted to do was developing these discrete pieces of legislation where i go to my colleagues and ask for their specific support and i hope that they will take a look at it and there will be initiatives that will look at and say -- hey, coming from this perspective, i ha
u.s. your republican colleagues on the committee to join you, buy or -- you have asked your republican colleagues on the committee to join you -- why or why not? [inaudible] >> first of all, i did not ask members to join me because i am not advancing legislation here. it is not like i will call them up to be a co-sponsor, there is nothing here to co-sponsor. in fact i made very clear as we were drafting its that i did not want to have the specific legislation in here. when we first...
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u.s. plans to withdraw from afghanistan with plans to keep a number of troops stationed in pakistan. wondering how that whole situation would be affected if pakistan were to some regional parties and how relations between the countries would be affected? >> the expectation is that pakistan is going to go through what i would call a vertical meltdown. it will not officially become a failed state, but when organs of the state start acting on their own, and at the height of pakistani integrity of the nation, you can imagine when the country starts to disintegrate in -- at various levels, what we are going to see in terms of proliferation and involvement of pakistan in all sorts of things which are against our interests. i think that the whole issue of india-pakistan would be exacerbated as a result of the potential of pakistani involvement in the middle east, which is also something which is almost obvious. the saudis did finance them, and they do have a prior agreement with them, things that
u.s. plans to withdraw from afghanistan with plans to keep a number of troops stationed in pakistan. wondering how that whole situation would be affected if pakistan were to some regional parties and how relations between the countries would be affected? >> the expectation is that pakistan is going to go through what i would call a vertical meltdown. it will not officially become a failed state, but when organs of the state start acting on their own, and at the height of pakistani...
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he's a u.s. army veteran and 40-year veteran of the american legion in drigs, idaho, and 22 years in his current home of rigby, idaho. he leads in his duties, have included terms as post commander, vice commander. for the past six years, he's acted as the department of idaho's chaplain. he's a retired printer and mail clerk, former county coroner, e.m.t. and firefighter. recognizing this latter service, the american legion named him idaho's firefighter of the year in 1987. he was ordained to the ministry in 1979 through the solid rock pentacostal church and continues to serve in various acts of ministry. he and his wife of 40 years, bird, have two sons, a daughter and nine grandchildren. i'd like to welcome the chaplain and thank him for his dedication and outstanding service to god and country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair asks for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. johns
he's a u.s. army veteran and 40-year veteran of the american legion in drigs, idaho, and 22 years in his current home of rigby, idaho. he leads in his duties, have included terms as post commander, vice commander. for the past six years, he's acted as the department of idaho's chaplain. he's a retired printer and mail clerk, former county coroner, e.m.t. and firefighter. recognizing this latter service, the american legion named him idaho's firefighter of the year in 1987. he was ordained to...
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for example, even though u.s. banks are stronger financially than european banks, frequently u.s. banks have wider credit default swap spreads indicating a higher probability of actual failure because the differences between u.s. and europe in terms of government proceeds government support. so that's the process. that's the plan. there have been additional ideas such as, you know, separate -- essentially doing glass/steagall again, separating the commercial banking and investment banking activities. we're doing that to some extent, for example, with the volcker rule, but i don't think glass/steagall by itself would be all that helpful because in the crisis, some of the firms that failed were straight investment banks and some of the firms in trouble were straight commercial banks. so i'm open to discussing additional measures, but the plan is to impose costs on the largest banks to make them internalize their systemic imprint to develop a liquidation authority and strengthen the overall system. and overtime that ought to improve the situation. but if it doesn't, i think we ought
for example, even though u.s. banks are stronger financially than european banks, frequently u.s. banks have wider credit default swap spreads indicating a higher probability of actual failure because the differences between u.s. and europe in terms of government proceeds government support. so that's the process. that's the plan. there have been additional ideas such as, you know, separate -- essentially doing glass/steagall again, separating the commercial banking and investment banking...
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the u.s. banking system has been resilient. any your, it is more dominated by these large megabanks that are enormous. maybe it is a source of strength for the american economy. host: garden city, new york. hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a question. i would like to look at -- actually, if your guest can talk about at a more granular level, yes, personal income has increased. can you break it down to how much of that increase came from interest income, stocks, etc., versus people who are just middle to lower middle class who just get their personal income from their salaries? guest: you have a chart here taking a look at investment income. host: it talks about personal income receipts guest: this looks at interest and dividend income. interest rates are still quite low. interest income is low. dividend income has been improving as corporate profits have returned and so forth. if you look at the chart, we are below the level we were at before the recession. there was an increased in 2012 of 3.8%. it accounted
the u.s. banking system has been resilient. any your, it is more dominated by these large megabanks that are enormous. maybe it is a source of strength for the american economy. host: garden city, new york. hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a question. i would like to look at -- actually, if your guest can talk about at a more granular level, yes, personal income has increased. can you break it down to how much of that increase came from interest income, stocks, etc., versus...
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how many cases were presented to u.s. attorneys for suspected straw purchasers last year that were declined prosecution? >> senator, i don't know exactly protecting get that information for you, but i don't have a specific -- i don't know exactly. i can get that information for you, but i don't have a specific number. >> i will appreciate your answer in writing. thank you. the title of today's hearing is "proposal to reduce gun violence -- protecting communities while respecting the second amendment." your testimony makes no mention of the second amendment, so, question -- has the department of justice taken any position on the constitutionality of the second and then on legislation pending before the senate that would ban so-called assault weapons? >> the department of justice and the administration understands the impact of the heller decision, which found that americans have a fundamental second amendment right to self- defense but i believe that the heller decision admits reasonable restrictions on that right. without
how many cases were presented to u.s. attorneys for suspected straw purchasers last year that were declined prosecution? >> senator, i don't know exactly protecting get that information for you, but i don't have a specific -- i don't know exactly. i can get that information for you, but i don't have a specific number. >> i will appreciate your answer in writing. thank you. the title of today's hearing is "proposal to reduce gun violence -- protecting communities while...
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when i found out that in our u.s. prisons, it's open information, we provide not only a koran that's never been touched by american hands but also an arrow on the floor pointing the direction that islamic prisoner would want to pray and give them a prayer rug. and i asked sam, when you were in hanoi, did you have a prayer rug and a bible? was that part of your faith -- if that was part of your faith? he said, what we had was a tiny rod placed on the floor, our feet in shackles, we would be beat on the back until we dropped and our knees -- my knees would hit that tiny rod. doesn't sound like much but when you spend our -- hours or days with your knees and all your weight on a tiny rod on the floor, it gets pretty unbearable. and that was some of the less torturous stuff this man went through on our behalf. part of his service to this country is -- are his children and grarne. it is with great sadness i know sam and shirley and this country lost bob johnson. plano high school, texas a&m, his children and grandchildren.
when i found out that in our u.s. prisons, it's open information, we provide not only a koran that's never been touched by american hands but also an arrow on the floor pointing the direction that islamic prisoner would want to pray and give them a prayer rug. and i asked sam, when you were in hanoi, did you have a prayer rug and a bible? was that part of your faith -- if that was part of your faith? he said, what we had was a tiny rod placed on the floor, our feet in shackles, we would be beat...
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i think the u.s. government has to respect these governments right to in fact enforce their laws appropriately. we don't want to have these individuals being held in september of custody that is extra judicial. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator rubio. >> thank you madam chairman. thank you mr. brennan for your testimony today. one thing i think we heard from a number of my colleagues and we had this discussion when we discuss the committee study on the tension interrogation is how should you be confirmed, how we ensure the cia director is always one to be well-informed? particularly, question you today about a number of key sensitive programs. the nature of the agency's work is a lot of these programs, and knees to be some ability to measure objectively -- there needs to be some ability to measure objectively. while this is not the setting to talk about the any individual, and guess what i am interested in pursuing the conversation started about how he might set up systems so to the best extent poss
i think the u.s. government has to respect these governments right to in fact enforce their laws appropriately. we don't want to have these individuals being held in september of custody that is extra judicial. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator rubio. >> thank you madam chairman. thank you mr. brennan for your testimony today. one thing i think we heard from a number of my colleagues and we had this discussion when we discuss the committee study on the tension interrogation...
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a live look at the u.s. capitol where in about 15 minutes house speaker john boehner and other leaders will hold a briefing with reporters. we expect the house agenda and sequestration to be discussed. we will bring that you like a 4:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. right now, more about those budget cuts with janet napolitano. we will ship as much of this as we can. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity. dhs has a very broad mission. we secure the aviation sector. we screen 2 million air traffic people a day. we facilitate legitimate travel and trade. last year our officers process more than 350 billion people. we enforce the immigration laws. we've partnered with the private sector to protect infrastructure. we worked with state and local communities to respond for disasters of all types by hurricane sandy. the automatic budget reduction mandated by sequestration would be disruptive to our economy. it would negatively affect the readiness of the men and women on our front line. it would undermine the
a live look at the u.s. capitol where in about 15 minutes house speaker john boehner and other leaders will hold a briefing with reporters. we expect the house agenda and sequestration to be discussed. we will bring that you like a 4:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. right now, more about those budget cuts with janet napolitano. we will ship as much of this as we can. >> thank you. i appreciate the opportunity. dhs has a very broad mission. we secure the aviation sector. we screen 2...
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we know how important the u.s. mail is in the state of alaska and many of the other islands that we serve all through the atlantic and pacific. >> very good. how much 6 your business -- of your business, i think you told me this once before, for the record, how much of your business is the last piece for u.p.s. and fedex? you have relationships is it 1%? 5%? 10%? >> we have nondisclosure agreement. just to give you a perspective, fedex is our fourth largest customer. u.p.s. is is now in the top 10. >> ok. i'm assuming they want to see this postal reform done as quickly as possible. is that a fair statement? >> absolutely. >> if you are unable to or were unable to accomplish that, is there clearly -- we are the last one in these rural areas is that a fair statement? >> fair statement. >> what will happen? >> i will tell you this, it's not just fedex and u.p.s., there are many other companies, banks, mutual funds looking for reliable, affordable, dependable mail service. that's the key to resolving this issue. we do
we know how important the u.s. mail is in the state of alaska and many of the other islands that we serve all through the atlantic and pacific. >> very good. how much 6 your business -- of your business, i think you told me this once before, for the record, how much of your business is the last piece for u.p.s. and fedex? you have relationships is it 1%? 5%? 10%? >> we have nondisclosure agreement. just to give you a perspective, fedex is our fourth largest customer. u.p.s. is is...
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the u.s. house has gaveled back in to begin debate on president obama to submit to congress a proposal for balancing the budget over the next 10 years. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 444, to require that, if the president's fiscal year 2014 budget does not achieve balance in a fiscal year covered by such budget, the president shall submit a supplemental unified budget by april 1, 2013, which identifies a fiscal year in which balanced is you a -- balance is achieved and for other purposes. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the budget or their respective designees.
the u.s. house has gaveled back in to begin debate on president obama to submit to congress a proposal for balancing the budget over the next 10 years. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18, declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 444, to require that, if the president's fiscal year 2014 budget does not achieve balance in a fiscal year covered by such budget, the...
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supreme court in u.s. vs. laura which said that in fact if this body voted we could in fact confer upon native americans the authority to give them plenary power to enact legislation to relax restrictions on tribal sovereign authority. . we have the power to allow them to enforce necessaryic violence laws and rape laws on their land. and we so need it, madam speaker, because if you are a tribal woman, a member of a tribe, say for example the band river chippewa in my state and you were raped on native land, tribes don't have any authority over that perpetrator if he's a nonindian, even if he's your husband. the local police in that area don't have any authority. the county sheriff doesn't have any authority. the state trooper can't come in and arrest them. and the only person that has any authority over that non-indian is some federal agent in madison, wisconsin, 500 miles away. which is why there has been a 67% declination of prosecutions of sexual assault. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has e
supreme court in u.s. vs. laura which said that in fact if this body voted we could in fact confer upon native americans the authority to give them plenary power to enact legislation to relax restrictions on tribal sovereign authority. . we have the power to allow them to enforce necessaryic violence laws and rape laws on their land. and we so need it, madam speaker, because if you are a tribal woman, a member of a tribe, say for example the band river chippewa in my state and you were raped on...
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agent killed, two u.s. marshals killed, air traffic controller to put the safety for my family and your family and our constituents as they fly through the sky, the n.i.h. my family has been devastated my cancer. my father died at cancer. my mother died of cancer and it's impacted on my family. dr. collins, who mapped the human genome system that will save many of you and your lives and your sons and daughters because of basically following that system, working on liver cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, which my mom died off. dr. collins and his team will have been frozen for three years. nasa, we just went through the 10th anniversary of the challenger explosion. those astronauts that sit on that rocket, those and now in the future, if you have a nasa facility in your district and they sit on that rocket to go up, they froze for three years. firefighters out in the west when the storms come this summer and they are coming, the firefighters you call on them and beg them to come in and
agent killed, two u.s. marshals killed, air traffic controller to put the safety for my family and your family and our constituents as they fly through the sky, the n.i.h. my family has been devastated my cancer. my father died at cancer. my mother died of cancer and it's impacted on my family. dr. collins, who mapped the human genome system that will save many of you and your lives and your sons and daughters because of basically following that system, working on liver cancer, prostate cancer,...
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so the u.s. marshals use dogs to protect federal judges. the federal protective services use dogs to keep bombs out of federal buildings. the tsa uses dogs to keep bombs off of airplanes. fema uses dogs to find survivors after hurricanes. there are 32 k-9 teams in the field right now in new york and new jersey looking for survivors of hurricane sandy. so, in situation after situation, the government has in a sense put its money where its mouth is, and it believes at an institutional level that these dogs are quite reliable. and i think the courts -- >> do you -- i'm not sure it's relevant, but do dogs -- does their ability --26 is it even across the board? in other words, if you have a dog that's trained and good at sniffing out heroin, the same dog is going to be good at detecting a bomb, or is there some difference? >> no, there -- well, i think any dog could be trained in either discipline. and if you look at the scientific working group on detection dogs report that we cite in our brief, the report explains that the same general methodo
so the u.s. marshals use dogs to protect federal judges. the federal protective services use dogs to keep bombs out of federal buildings. the tsa uses dogs to keep bombs off of airplanes. fema uses dogs to find survivors after hurricanes. there are 32 k-9 teams in the field right now in new york and new jersey looking for survivors of hurricane sandy. so, in situation after situation, the government has in a sense put its money where its mouth is, and it believes at an institutional level that...
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her husband had been a u.s. senator for a few years, but she and the girls had stayed in chicago where her whole family and support work. the bush people were incredibly helpful and generous about what the office was like and the structure and all that. the bushes were as well, personally, when the obama is visited. but i have to say there's just no substitute for being there. mrs. obama and the family were first at the adams hotel and then the blair house and into the white house for coffee, as is the tradition on inauguration morning. and everyone went off to the inauguration, and then what the white house residence staff does is just unbelievable, where in that time when the inauguration is going on, in this case they move the bushes out and the obamas in. they walk in, and now they live in this new home. it is really quite startling, and i don't think there's any amount of preparation that can help one understand what this all means. >> can you tell us about the bush is coming in, and then gary can tell us f
her husband had been a u.s. senator for a few years, but she and the girls had stayed in chicago where her whole family and support work. the bush people were incredibly helpful and generous about what the office was like and the structure and all that. the bushes were as well, personally, when the obama is visited. but i have to say there's just no substitute for being there. mrs. obama and the family were first at the adams hotel and then the blair house and into the white house for coffee,...
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let us say ge is a u.s. company, but let us talk about the european or asian companies that may be interested in investing on this side of the world. what will the u.s. due to distinguish itself? >> investment certainty. we need somehow not to have all of the focus on sequestration, debt limits. that is distracting to investors. the systems of competitiveness. education, regulation. tax reform. those things that say we want people to invest in the u.s. our fdi in the country has trailed a lot of other places in the world. some of it is education training. there are systems of competitiveness. we know what they are. it is trying to get more of a window on that. it also helps -- the president of the united states says i want people to invest in the united states. i want to create manufacturing. that is helpful. >> let me ask you about the policy debate. there is no need to be usually exclusion. on the democratic side, you have an emphasis on all of government. obama has a center for manufacturing. you talk abo
let us say ge is a u.s. company, but let us talk about the european or asian companies that may be interested in investing on this side of the world. what will the u.s. due to distinguish itself? >> investment certainty. we need somehow not to have all of the focus on sequestration, debt limits. that is distracting to investors. the systems of competitiveness. education, regulation. tax reform. those things that say we want people to invest in the u.s. our fdi in the country has trailed a...